Learn open, social middleware can transform your business!

About OpenSocial Workshop

Web 2.0 and better social collaboration platforms have dramatically changed the landscape of web applications. Moving out of the consumer space, businesses are now realizing the need to pull these disparate systems together, but not in the form of portals and dashboard, but enabling social collaboration. This session will set the stage for what the next generation of middleware is looking to deliver, present an overview of the open source projects, and show how they are being used across multiple commercial vendors like IBM, Jive Software, and others.

Program

8:30 - 9:00: Sign In9:00 - 9:30: Introductions and Networking9:30 - 10:00: What is Social Middleware for the web?

Web 2.0 and better social collaboration platforms have dramatically changed the landscape of web applications. Moving out of the consumer space, businesses are now realizing the need to pull these disparate systems together, but not in the form of portals and dashboard, but enabling social collaboration. This session will set the stage for what the next generation of middleware is looking to deliver.

10:00 - 12:00: Social Middleware in action

See some of the leaders in delivering this technology leveraging the OpenSocial standard, such as IBM, Jive, SAP, and others, showcase the interoperability that OpenSocial looks to deliver. Plus, see how open source is powering the Social Middleware revolution happening right now.

12:00 - 13:00: Lunch13:00 - 17:00: Uncon / Hackathon / Demo

Work hands on with the various technology leaders to learn more about OpenSocial. You can play with Apache Rave, Jive Software, and other platforms and build your first social application.

17:00 - 17:30: Closing

We’ll talk about what the next steps for you are in embracing social middleware for the web, and provide resources for learning more about how to leverage this technology today.